The little cannon fodder kept releasing melons, and people lined up to eat melons

Song Chengyan recalled over and over again the past when he and Deputy General Liu Nengyang met and got to know each other.

They trained together, killed enemies together, and drank together. They were partners with tacit cooperation on the battlefield and good friends who could talk about anything in private.

Once when they encountered an enemy ambush, Liu Nengyang was seriously injured and surrounded by the enemy, his life hanging by a thread. However, he fought with the enemy regardless of his own safety and rescued him from the enemy's knife.

He carried him all the way back, and this was how he repaid him. Now it seemed that their ambush might have been his doing.

Over the years, he and his father had suspected that there were spies around them. Even though they had captured many spies sent by the enemy, he had never suspected Liu Nengyang.

The more Song Chengyan thought about it, the more upset he became, and before he knew it, he had already drunk most of the wine in the jug.

At this time, the door of the private room was pushed open, and the person who came in was Liu Nengyang. Seeing that Song Chengyan was already drinking, he smiled and said: "I haven't arrived yet, Chengyan, you are drinking first..."

Song Chengyan collected his thoughts, suppressed his emotions and said in a complaining tone: "You are late, you have to punish yourself with three cups..."

Liu Nengyang joked: "It's just a quarter of an hour late, no need to be so serious, right?"

Song Chengyan pretended to be serious: "Military orders are as heavy as a mountain..."

Liu Nengyang took the wine glass with a smile and drank it all. He picked up the wine jug and poured a glass, drank it all, then poured another glass and drank it all in one breath.

Liu Nengyang turned the wine glass over to indicate that not a drop should be left. After putting the glass down, he sat down, filled Song Chengyan's glass with wine, and then filled his own glass.

He raised the wine glass to toast Song Chengyan, who picked up the glass and clinked it with his, and they both drank it all in one gulp.

Song Chengyan took the wine jug and saw that it was empty. He called the waiter and soon the waiter brought three jugs of wine.

Song Chengyan picked up the wine pot and filled it with wine. After the two drank a few cups, Liu Nengyang asked in confusion: "Why did Chengyan ask me to come here to drink today?"

"Remember what I said on the day we attacked the city? If we win, I will not leave until we are drunk. Have you forgotten?"

"No! I thought Brother Chengyan had forgotten. It seems that I was too narrow-minded to judge others. I will drink three cups as punishment."

Liu Nengyang picked up the wine jug and poured the wine three times in a row, drinking one cup after another.

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Nengyang was already a little drunk. Song Chengyan looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar face. Was this his best friend or enemy? ?

"Nengyang, do you have any secrets hidden from me?"

Although Liu Nengyang felt guilty, he still used the alcohol to show his loyalty: "Who are we to each other? Don't you know who I am? I can't keep secrets, let alone hiding secrets from you."

"is it?"

"of course……"

"But why do I feel like you're lying?"

"Chengyan, why are you acting so weird today? Did something happen? Or is someone gossiping about you behind my back? I'm telling you, don't believe their lies. We've been friends for a long time. Am I really not worthy of your trust?"

Liu Nengyang became angrier and angrier as he spoke, as if he had really suffered a great injustice.

Song Chengyan just looked at him calmly as he continued to quibble. If he hadn't known the truth long ago, he would have regretted being suspicious of his best friend at this moment!

Faced with Liu Nengyang's complaints and self-mockery, Song Chengyan did not offer any comfort, but just said a name - Mu Jinghan.

Liu Nengyang, who was still playing the victim and making fun of himself, suddenly stopped because of these three words. He realized that he was overreacting, and hurriedly laughed twice, pretending not to know her and said: "Who is it? I don't know her, is it your sweetheart, Brother Chengyan? You are so good! You didn't tell me that you have a sweetheart."

"Jixiang died, Ruyi also died, Mu Jinghan tried to use a fake death drug to deceive her, but ended up getting stabbed through the heart by a sword, and died instantly..."

Song Chengyan narrated the deaths of the three people with an expressionless face. Liu Nengyang's heart was pounding, and he wondered if he had discovered something.

No wonder Song Chengyan behaved so strangely today. Thinking of this, Liu Nengyang broke out in a cold sweat on his back. He looked around and planned to find the right opportunity to escape.

Seeing through Liu Nengyang's plan, Song Chengyan said: "Instead of thinking about how to escape, it is better to confess and get leniency..."

"I don't understand what you mean, Chengyan?"

"Don't worry, take your time to think about it. I have plenty of time, but you may not have time."

"What do you mean? You..."

Before he could finish his words, Liu Nengyang felt a sharp pain in his stomach. He glanced at the wine jug and finally realized that the wine was poisonous. He fell to the ground, holding his stomach.

Song Chengyan just sat there and watched as Liu Nengyang rolled over on the ground holding his stomach.

"For the sake of our long-standing friendship, tell me the truth and I will give you the antidote..."

"I don't know anything. What do you want me to confess? Aren't we best brothers? Chengyan, why do you want to hurt me?"

Liu Nengyang asked with difficulty, holding his stomach. Seeing that Song Chengyan was still quibbling until his death, the little bit of friendship in his heart disappeared at this moment.

Song Chengyan said coldly: "How can I be a brother with the spies of Dongling Kingdom? Since you and Mu Jinghan have worked so hard for Dongling Kingdom, then go to the underworld to serve!"

Liu Nengyang began to spit blood. He endured the pain and crawled to Song Chengyan's feet, grabbing his pants with his hands, his eyes full of pleading.

Song Chengyan didn't even give him a single glance, and eventually Liu Nengyang died of suffocation, with his hands that were holding onto his pants loosening.

Song Chengyan glanced at the corpse on the ground, took out a bottle of bone-eroding water and poured it on the corpse. Liu Nengyang instantly turned into a stream of blood.

He had asked Xuanying for the bone-eroding water. He heard that it was the latest product developed by his master. After doing all this, Song Chengyan opened the door of the private room and left.

Huaiwang Mansion...

Prince Huai had a serious look on his face. The spies he sent out in wave after wave had not been able to find Xiao Noning's whereabouts. He had been missing for quite some time. A living person had simply disappeared out of nowhere.

Prince Huai still liked his daughter very much. He had suspected that the princess had done something wrong.

If Ning'er really encountered an accident, how would he explain to his biological mother?

Beichen, who rushed back from outside, saluted to Prince Huai. Prince Huai waved his hand and told him to speak directly.

"The people we sent out have not found the whereabouts of the Second Young Lady yet. We only know that the master and servant left the suburbs in a carriage, and then the carriage and the people disappeared."

"Keep investigating. Send more people. I'll find the person alive or the body dead..."

Princess Huai was somewhat dissatisfied when she saw that Prince Huai had gone to such great lengths to mobilize the entire palace's manpower and resources to search for a concubine's daughter.

"Your Majesty, I have to say that Xiao Nuoning has been missing for so long. Regardless of whether she is dead or alive, her disappearance for so many days has ruined the reputation of the palace. If we find her, it will tarnish the reputation of the palace, which is not worth the loss. It is better to announce that she is dead. Even if she is found, she can be raised in the manor. This way, the reputation of the palace can be preserved, and she can still be raised. It's killing two birds with one stone."

Prince Huai angrily slapped the table and shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about? That's the second young lady of my palace..."

"So what? Do you know the rumors out there now? Some say she eloped, others say she was kidnapped by a flower thief. Can we get a young lady like this back? She will only be criticized."

"Who dares to criticize the daughter of the King of Huai?"

"You didn't show any affection to Yi'er back then, but you really cared so much about a concubine's daughter. Are you doing justice to Yi'er who died by treating her so differently?"

Princess Huai felt resentful when she thought of the prince's indifference to his son's death...

The Prince of Huai was so angry that he left after saying something ridiculous, leaving the Princess of Huai crying.

Xiao Jiayi came running over excitedly to discuss the hairpin banquet with her mother, but when she saw her mother crying, she guessed that her mother and her father had a conflict again.

She gently comforted her mother, telling her not to worry about Xiao Nuoning. If her father wanted to look for her, he could do so. Once she was found, her father would give up Xiao Nuoning for the sake of the palace's reputation. Wasn't her eldest brother abandoned in the same way?

Princess Huai's emotions gradually stabilized after being comforted by her daughter, and she agreed with her daughter's point of view. The two finally smiled at each other and no longer worried about Xiao Noning's affairs.

The two began to discuss the arrangements for the Flower-Hairpin Banquet. Half an hour later, Xiao Jiayi came out from her mother's courtyard.

She put away her smile, and the maid she sent to deliver the invitation to Han Xun came back and said that Han Xun refused to meet her.

She had originally thought that before marrying the prince, she must meet Han Xun alone so that she would have no regrets in her life.

If it weren't for his good looks, she would have liked him sooner or later. She would rather be nice to the ugly woman than reject her.

Speaking of that ugly girl, she had embarrassed her so much in the past, and she would never let her off easily.

"Song Qianning, I will definitely ruin your reputation at the Hairpin Flower Banquet..."